“Three strikes and you’re out”. This is the all too familiar term we are used to hearing in baseball and in the rules of the law in some states. Most heard of in California. Three strikes sentencing were adopted in 1994. It imposed longer prison sentences for repeat offenders. The law requires a person who is convicted of a felony and who previously has been convicted of one or more violent and/or serious felonies. The main feature of the Three Strikes law is the imposition of a life sentence for
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Three Gorges Dam case study The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze River‚ and is the worlds largest power station. As well as providing electricity‚ the dam is also being used to help increase the shipping capacity of the river‚ as well as reduce the risk of potential floods downstream by acting as a flood storage space. This major alteration is proving to have both positive and negative repercussions. How has building the dam effected local environment? Despite the Chinese
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In the "Three Little Pigs"‚ there’s a flute pig‚ a violin pig‚ and a piano pig. At the beginning‚ the flute pig is building his house out of straws and hay. Next‚ it goes to the violin pig‚ who built his house out of sticks. Then it goes to the piano pig‚ who built his house out of bricks. Then one day Donald Trump showed up at the flute pig’s house and blew the house down. Trump’s goal is to make America Great Again‚ which includes the security of each individual. The reason that Trump blew the
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This is the story of the three little pigs‚ but the bystander story. Yes I am the fourth pig from the story and the only reason i’m alive is because I kept out of the story and stayed quiet. One day I saw a wolf walk up to a house made of straw. The wolf held up a measuring cup and stood there. I was wondering why the wolf was holding a cup‚ then he asked something‚ something like “I need... for my granny” but I could not hear him‚ he was too far away. Then the wolf started to sneeze and the whole
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Communist and Post-Communist Studies 33 (2000) 223–241 www.elsevier.com/locate/postcomstud Resettlement for China’s Three Gorges Dam: socio-economic impact and institutional tensions Sukhan Jackson b a‚* ‚ Adrian Sleigh b a Department of Economics‚ University of Queensland‚ St Lucia‚ Queensland 4072‚ Australia Australian Center for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition‚ Medical School‚ University of Queensland‚ Herston‚ Queensland 4006‚ Australia Abstract Large
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these sloths choose niches based on their movement patterns and their preferences for biotic and abiotic factors. The two species of sloths include the Brown throated three toed sloth‚ or the Bradypus variegatus‚ and the Hoffman’s toe-toed sloth also known as the Choloepus hoffmanni. A few differences between the two toed sloth and the three toed sloth can be found in their digestive systems‚ home range‚ relationships with other organisms‚ diet‚ and their anatomical structure. According to the map provided
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to get rid of the chronic case of hypochondria that they seem to have! Eventually‚ they decide to go boating on the Thames. The three men(who are‚ incidentally‚ all terrible boatmen) pack their supplies and pile into a skiff‚ along with J.’s hurricane of a dog‚ Montmorency and set off on the two-week long trip. Little do they know how disastrous it is going to be!! ‘Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)’ was published in 1889. It is written by English writer Jerome K. Jerome. It was originally
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Three Wishes To Make the World Better There are many things that could help make the world a better place. These are three wishes that would help out. These are world peace‚ no harmful drugs‚ and no criminals. If this happened the world would be a less dangerous place for everybody. Out of the three wishes the most important wish would be world peace. This would help in many different ways. One reason is there would be no more wars. Many people are injured or killed from wars that happen around
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Do Three Strikes Sentencing Laws/ “Get Tough” Approaches Work? It would be safe to assume that most individuals agree that those who commit crimes must deal with the consequences of their law breaking actions. Despite efforts to reduce crime by the traditional form of punishment through incarceration‚ some criminals continue to live felonious lives. This not only poses a problem on their behave but also that of the communities in which they live and are offending. The state of California was determined
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Three day road is Joseph Boyden’s first novel‚ that chronicles the war experience from the perspective of Canadian First Nations People. The main characters are Xavier and Elijah‚ with Niska being a supporting character. Elijah and Xavier are stationed throughout the trenches of France‚ during world war one‚ fighting German and French soldiers. The Novel is told in first person view‚ offering perspectives from both Xavier and Niska. While Elijah and Xavier come from the same place (the bushes near
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